From the early 1800s, until 1855, this area was referred to as Elam in the United States Postal Service. In fact, the train station (opened in 1848) had no reference to Elam, or Lordville, and was simply called Equinunk Station (misspelled Equinock by Jay Gould). It wasn't until Alvah I. Lord was appointed the postmaster on January 6th, 1855, that he decided to rename the post office; and therefore the village, Lordville. Additionally, this building shared a storefront next-door. 

The storefront was originally owned by Edward S. Travis, and was a general store that sold "Dry Goods & Notions". After the building was demolished in the June 1922 flood, the building was rebuilt and housed the new Lordville Post Office, General Store, and a chiropractor in the upstairs. 

The chiropractor, Dr. Russel Homer (married to Emily Homer), attained his doctorate degree at City College of New York, and maintained a practice throughout his life in this office. 

In the 1970s, Konstantin Konstantinovich Kuzminsky moved into this building after coming to America from Soviet Russia to avoid persecution for his nonconformist art and poetry. Currently, the building is referred to as "Petticoat Junction", and houses the Konstantin Kuzminsky Museum, featuring the works of the non-conformist of Konstantin Kuzminsky